MRP: HCA 13/125
HCA 13/125
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Contents
- 1 Suggested links
- 2 To do
- 3 Physical description
- 4 Important transcription: whaling
- 5 Sample transcriptions
- 5.1 Case: Libell on the behalfe of Jeremie Crewe: Personal answer: John Moore: Date: XXXX
- 5.2 Case: Libell against them on behalfe of John Harris and John Powicke: Personal answers: Edward Bellamye and Thomas Day: Date: XXXX
- 5.3 Case: Libell on the behalfe of Thomas Pearse, John Maddox, & others: Personal answer: William Thomas: Date: XXXX
- 5.4 Case: Libell on the behalfe of Robert Woodliffe the pretended Curator of John Stapilton: William Thomas: Date: XXXX
- 5.5 Case: Allegation on behalfe of Hance ?Dirrickson John Johnson and company: Personal answeres: Peter Scrother: Date: XXXX
- 5.6 Case: Allegacion on behalfe of Peter Scrother: Personal answers: Clement Nootes, John Johnson John JXXXXs and William Reage: Date: July 7th 1652
- 5.7 Case: Libell on the behalfe of Thomas Corbett: Personal Answers; Joshua ffowler, Merchant: Date: XXXX
- 5.8 Case: Allegation made on the behalfe of ?Savery: Personal answers: Thomas May: Date: July 10th 1652
- 5.9 Case: Allon in the name of Robert Carse of Warwicke late Lord High Admirall of England: Personal Answers: Captaine Thomas Johnson: Date: July 12th 1652
- 5.10 Case: Allon on behalfe of Thomas Morton: Personal answeares: Thomas ?fflow?res: ?June 14th 1652
- 5.11 Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652
- 5.12 Case: Allegation on the behalfe of Abraham Reade and Thomas Wilson: Personal answeres: Nathaniel Jesson: Date : December 3rd 1652
- 5.13 Case: An allegacon on the behalf of Edward XXXXworth and Richard Peirse: Personal answeres: George XXXX: Date November 29th 1652
- 5.14 Case: Libell on the behalfe of William Thomas: Personal answeres of Thomas Perse & John Maddockes & Compans: Date: December 2nd 1652
- 5.15 Case: Allegation made on the behalfe of Robert Hicks and others: Personal answeres: Edward Maplesden: Date: December 10th 1652
- 5.16 Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX
- 5.17 Case: Allegacon on the behalfe of Captaine John Lines: Personal answeres: Thomas Millard and John Peters: November 22nd 1652
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Physical description
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Important transcription: whaling
Allegation: Richard Batson and Companie; Personal Answers: Robert Gurlinge/Girlinge; Date: January 30th 1652/53
No foliation
Recto (ca. half way through volume)
Repeated before Dr
Stephens one of
the Judges xr
The personnall answeares of Robert
Gurlinge made to the posicons and
articles of a certayne pised allegacon
given and admitted against him on the
parte and behalfe of Richard Batson
and Companie followe vizt
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To the first pused position he answeareth that he
accepteth the same soe farr forth as the same maketh
for him, and not otherwse; and beleeveth that within
the tyme arlate, the arlate Batson, James Salmon
and humfrey Beane named in the Charter partie
bearinge date the nynth day of Aprill 1652 made
for the voyage in question haveinge (as he beleeveth)
occasion for a shippto goe to Greeneland upon the
ffishinge designe for oyle, they or some of them
did come to this Rendent beinge master, and parte
owner of the said shipp the dove arlate, and
desored this rendent that he would lett the said
shipp to fraight unto them for the said voyage
and this rendent beleeveth that in conferrence
had with them or some of them thereabouts
he this rendent did say (as he beleeveth the
truth was) that the said shipp was a fittinge
shipp for the voyage, and a stronge and
sufficient shipp but he doth not beleeve that he did desire or intreate the said Batson & company or any of them to imploy the said shipp & otherwise doth this
pused posicon to be true in any parte
To the second, third and fowerth posicons of the
said pused allegacon he answeareth and saith
that the shipp arlate some fewe weekes before
her goeinge to sea the voyage in question did
come out of the docke, where she was well and
sufficiently repayred and fitted to goe to sea
and that in such the repayringe, and fittinge
of her this rendent, and the est of the owners
did lay out upon the said shipp the some of
five hundred and ffiftie pounds sterlinge, and
the
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the said shipp did not after such her repayringe
and fittinge goe out of the River of Thames, before
she went the voyage in question, And he beleeveth
that the said shipp was the tyme arlate a stronge
and staunch shipp, and usefull and fitt for the
voyage, and imployment arlate, and as to the
covenants and agreements arlate he referreth
himselfe to the schedule hereunto annexed wch is
(as he beleeveth) the true coppie of the originall
charter partie made for the voyage arlate, the
Counter parte whereof is in the hands and possession
of the said Batson as he beleeveth, and he
beleeveth that he this Rendent did covenant and
agree as in the said Charter partie is conteyned
and that the sad charter partie was and is signed
sealed, and delivered by the said Richard Batson
for his acte and deede, by which the said Batson
was and is to pay unto him this rendent seaventy
pounds p moneth for the said shipp for every
moneth of the tyme covenanted and agreed upon
in the said Charter party, and soe after that
rate for a lesser tyme than a moneth in such
manner as is covenanted and agreed upon in the
said Charter party acordinge to the true intent & meaninge
thereof And he beleeveththat he this Rendent did
not covenant and agree with the said Batson and
Companie to any effect arlate otherwise than is
conteyned in the said Charter party and otherwise
he doth not beleeve this pused posicon to be
true in any parte
To the fifth posicon he answereth that he
accepteth
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accepteth the same soe farr as the same maketh
for him and not other wis, and beleeveth that the
shipp arlate was fitted accordinge as this Rendent
had undertaken in the said Charter partie, and he
beleeveth that the arlate Batson and Companie
did furnishe the shipp arlate, as is arlate, and did
hire and put into the said shipp a numner of
mariners and seamen as is arlate, and became
ingaged for the payment of theire wages with
victuals and marriners wages, which did amount
to the some of BLANK IN MANUSCRIPT as he beleeveth, And
otherwise he doth not beleeve this pused posicon to
be true in any parte
To the sxth pused posicon he answeareth that he
accepteth this posicon soe farr as the same
maketh for him and not otherwise, and beleeveth
that the said shipp beinge fitted, furnished and provided
as is by this rendent preconfessed did soone after
the 30th of Aprill 1652 arlate sett saile with
her companie and provisions and materialls for
fishinge towards Greeneland, and otherwise
he doth not beleeve this pused posicon to be true
in any parte/
To the seaventh pused posicon he answereth and
beleeveth that the shipp arlate was provided and
prepared with Tackle and apparrell fitt , and
necessarie for the voyage arlate, and he doth
beleeve that the shipp arlate was a stronge and
staunch shipp and neither rotten, nor insufficient
as is in fact but untruly charged in this article
And he doth not beleeve this pused posicon to be
true in any parte/
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To the eighth he answeareth that he doth not beleeve
this pused posicon to be true in any parte, saveinge
he beleeveth that Richard Girling arlate was husband
to husband for this rendent and the rest of the owners
arlate/
To the nynth pused posicon he answeareth that he
doth not beleeve this pused posicon to be true in any parte
To the tenth pused posicon he answeareth that he
doth not beleeve the same to be true in any parte
To the eleaventh pused posicon he answeareth that he
doth not beleeve the shipp arlate to be leakie and
insufficient as is arlate, and he doth not beleeve
the pused posicon to be true in any parte
To the twelveth posicon he answeareth that he
doth not beleeve the same to be true in any parte
To the last pused posicon he answeareth and
beleeveth what is by him beleeved, and denyeth
what is by him denyed/
Robert Girling
The schedule mentioned in the foregoeinge
answeares followeth vizt.
In the name if God Amen This Chrepartie Indented
of an affraightment made the nynth day of the
moneth of Aprill in the yeare if our Lord god
accordinge to the Computation of the Church of
England One thousand six hundred ffiftie two, Betweene
Robert Girline of the pishe of St Olives Southwarke
in the County of Surrey Mariner Master and ptowner
of the good shipp called the dove of London of the
burthen of two hundred and twentie Tonns or
thereabouts nowe in the River of Thames within
the Port of the Cittie of London on the one partie,
And,
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And James salmon Richard Batson and humfhrey
Beane of London Marchants on thother partie Witnesseth
tha the said Master and part owner hath for himselfe
and partowners of the said shipp unto the said
Marchants by the moneth for and dureinge the
tyme and space of five moneths to be accompted
at and from the Tenth day next ensueinge of this
instant moneth of Aprill at and for the rate and
price of Threescore and Tenne pounds of lawfull
money of England the moneth accomptinge the
monethes as they shall fall out in the Kallender and
for such and soe longe tyme after the expiration of
the said five monethes not exceeding two monethes more
as it shall please the said Marchantstheire factors or
assignes to keepe and imploy the said shipp in theire
service and imployment after the said Rate and
price of Threescore and Tenne pounds of lawfull
money of England the moneth accomptinge the
monethes as aforesaid and soe after the same
rate for a lesser tyme then a moneth, And the
said Marchants have accordingly soe freighted
and hired the same shipp for a voyage with her
by gods grace to be made in manner and forme
followinge That is ti say, The said partowner
for himselfe his executors Administrators &
assignes doth covenant promise and grannt
to and with the said Marchants their extors
Administrators and Assignes by theis putX, that
the sad shipp on or before the Thirtieth
day next ensueinge of this instant moneth
Aprill shalbe ready and fitt to receave and
take into all victuallings provision and
necessaries for the said Marchants theire factors
or Assignes as they shall provide for the same
intended
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TRANSCRIPTION INCOMPLTE; NOTES ONLY
- eight guns provided with the ship, and freighters to supply, at their own cost, a further four guns
- Powder beyond one barrel to be paid for by freighters
- "Henry knight to proceede in the said sgipp as master for the Marchants and the said partowner or Robert Girlinge to proceed for the owners
- Robert Girlinge to be paid fifteen pounds for his wages during the voyage by the Marchants
- A penalty sum of eight hundred pounds bound by partowners to the Marchants. The marchants bind themselves for a like sum.
- Freight to be paid, half within four days of return into RPort of London, and other half within 40 days of the same
- Charterparty signed May 5th 1652 sealed and delivered in the presense if Tho: ffoorde, Richard Girlinge, george harris, Robert Girlinge
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Libell: Robert Girling; Personal Answers: Richard Batson; Date: August 29th 1653
TRANSCRIPTION EXTRACTS
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29.th August. 1653
The personall answeares of Richard Batson
made to the posicons or Articles of a Libell
given ag:t him on the behalfe of Robert
Girlinge as followeth./
...
That ain or about the tyme in the said
Article expressed, James Salmon in the said
Charter ptye mentioned, did hire the
said shippe of the said Robert Girlinge, for the
voyadge in the said Charter ptie declared
And then hee the said Salmon, did lett seaven
sixteene partes of the said shippe, to him the
said Richard Batson, and twoe sixteene partes
to umphrey Beane, alsoe in the said Charter
ptye specified, for and after the rates therein
conteyned; and after hee the said Richard batson
had putt his goods and provisions on board, for
the said voyadge, Rxtendinge to neere the value
of Seaven hundred poundes, the said Girlinge
brought the said Charter pte to the saide
Richard Batsons howse, when the said shipp
was
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wa readye to depart upon the said voyadge,
and told him unlesse hee would seale the saide
Charter ptie, the said vessell should not proceede
or budge, whereupm the said mr Batson being
necessitated and streightened, the tyme of the
yeare being faire spent, and his goods being on
board (notwithstandinge hee had divers times told him
the siad Girling, before; that hee would not seale
the said Charter ptie, especiallie for more then
for seaven Sixteenth parts, wch hee had hired
from the said Salmon) yett being then exacted
upon by the said Girling) hee did signe and seale
the said Charter ptie, upon or about the fifth of
may and not before, and the words Richard Batson att the
bottome of the said Charter ptie are written wth
his proper hand...
...upon the fifth of May
aforesaid, the said shippe did the same day, or the
next daye after, sett sayle towards Greeneland
and did in the passage thither prove soe leakye
and insufficient as hee beleiveth, That the company
were inforced, to take extraordinary paynes to
keepe her above water, but did att length wth
great toyle and labour in pumpeing gett her
to
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to Greeneland, where some of the Company were alsoe
enforced (to) seeke a place to lay her upp to stoppe her leakes
and amend ger, being resolved there to have
Lette her, by reason of her insufficiencye, as hee
beleavieth, soe that hee doeth beleive for his part
hee had noe service att all of the said shippe att
Greeneland, but rather much differebce abd
hinderance, for the company were soe spent and
wearie wth continuall pumpeing and bringinge
her thither , and soe hindred and obstructed with
lookeing after her and amending ger, when shee
was there, that they had little or noe lyXXX to
looke after the Chasinge of whales which was
the designe upon which the said shippe ad
companye were sent...
TRANSCRIPTION ENDS, NOTES ONLY
- the ship "returned home agayne about the moneth of September"
- does not know the exct time the ship arrived in Greeneland and departed from it he does not know "hee being not there, or any wayes privie there unto"
- assetrs the ship was rotten and had defects, and that due to these "the voyadge anddesigne was overthrowne, and hee and companye were thereby damnified att least seaven o reight hundred pounds"
TRANSCRIPTION CONTINUES
"...the said Girling, ought not onlye to bee
debarred of any freight ir hire for the said shippe
but alsoe bee compelled to make satisfaction for
the said damadge, yet notwithstandinge the
said Girlinge hath impleaded and sued the said
Richard Batson, for the said oretended freight
in this Court, which hee doth refuse, for iust
cause as hee beleeveth to pay..."
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Case: Libell on the behalfe of Jeremie Crewe: Personal answer: John Moore: Date: XXXX
The personall answeares of
John Moore made to the
posicons of a libell given in
against him on the behalfe of
Jeremie Crowe doe followe
Repeated before
D:r Clark
XX S:th
To the first pretended posicon he
answeareth that for his parte he doth
not beleeve the said posicon to be
true in anie pte thereof:/
To the second prtensed posicon he
answeareth and beleeveth that he
this rendent the yeares 1646. 1647
. & 1648. and untill about the beginning
of Januarie in the yeare 1649. and
noe longer as he beleeveth was
Master and Commander of the Shipp
the Jeremie arlate And otherwise
for his parte he doth not beleeveth
the said posicon to be true in anie pte
thereof/
To the third pused posicon he answeareth
and beleeveth that duinge the tyme
aforesaid that this rendent was M:r
of the Shipp arlate he this rendent
did make one voyage to Newfoundland ?&
Mallaga, XXXXXXXXX to Mallaga and thXXX XX XX
voyage in the service of the State
as a man of warr XXXXX ?other
frencheman to ?Barcellona and
saile//
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//sail to Marselles, and then to
Barbary and backe to Marselles
againe where this rendent by order
and w:th the consent of all or the
Maior part of her Owners left
her in the possession of another master
the ffreight of allw:ch voyages except
the ffreight of the yoyage wherein
the said ship was in the service of
the State; this rendent beleeveth
he receaved and hath
accounted for the same unto the
Owners of the said shipp And
otherwise for his part, he doth not
beleeve the said posicon to be true
in anie pt thereof,
To the ffowerth p:rted posicon he
answeareth and beleeveth that the
voyage from hence to Newfound
land and soe to Mallaga and hence
to London the said shipp cleered in
the whole shipp 105:li & not above
as he beleeveth, and in the next
voyage from hence to Mallaga, &
home againe 107:li & not above as
he beleeveth 14:li whereof more
than his share & Randall Crewe
receaved of under M:r Roydeon and
for the voyage in the service of//
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//of the State the said shipp in case the same
had beene prize did cleere betwixt
eight and nine hundred poundes about 500:li
whereof is still unpaid and the remainder
beinge about 400:li and Daniel Bright
one of the Owners of the said shipp
receaved & paid to everie Owner
as he beleeveth theire respective
shares thereof And for the last voyage
from hence to Barcellona and
then to Marselles and soe to Barbary
and Marcelles againe this rendent
beleeveth there was losse uppon the
said voyage about 440. or 450:li by
reason the said shipp was imbargoed.
att Marcelles by the space of sixe
monthes the Plague beinge
then aboard her And otherwise for
his part savinge his former annswers
he doth not beleeve the said posicon
to be true in anie part thereof
To the ffyfth prtended posicon he
answeareth and beleeveth that hee
this rendent beinge w:th the same
shipp the Jerimye att Marcelles
& haveinge extraordinary occasions
of his owne by reason of some estate
which fell unto him here in England//
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//ba the death of an Uncle to come home
for England this rendent did intimate
the said occasions and necessities
unto M:r Gilbert Morrewood M:r
Richard ?Shute and M:r Daniel
Bright being the principall Owners
of the said shipp, and desired of
them that they would be pleased
to signifie this rendents necessities
unto the rest of the Owners of the
said shipp or the Maior part of them
Leave for this rendent to come for
England, and allsoe to have libertie to
leave the said Tymothie Crave as
M:r in the said shipp in his steade
w:ch request this rendent beleeveth
they or some of them did signifie
& make knowne unto all or the next
of the Owners of the said Shipp the
Jeremie and thereuppon the said
Owners or the Mairor pte of them
as he beleeveth did give leave unto
this rendents comeinge for England
and leaveinge the said Craven (sic) as M:r
in his steede and there thereuppon this
rendent beleeveth that he haveinge
receaved the said order he did leave
the//
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//the said sshipp in the possession of the said
Cravens as Master of her, and came away
for England And this rendent beleeveth
the same was donne wthout the knowledge
of the said Jeremie Crow?ehothon &
Still being as this rendent beleeveth
in the East Indies And otherwise for
his pte he doth not beleeve the said
posicon to be true in anie pte thereof
To the sixth pretended posicon he
answeareth and beleeveth XX that
after such tyme as the arlate Craven
came into the said shipp the Jeremie
he did make onlie one voyage w:ch was
from Marcelles to Scanderoone and
soe to Marcelles againe, and that att
his returne thither before his fraight
was paid as this rendent beleeveth his
Merchant broke soe that he lost all his
freight as he beleeveth And
otherwise for his pte he doth not beleeve
the said posicon to be true in anie
pte thereof
To the seaventh ?the sd posicon he
answeareth that for his pte he doth
not beleeve the same posicon to be
true in anie pte thereof
To the eight (sic) pretended posicon he
answeareth & beleeveth that after the//
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//the foresaid breakeinge of the said
Merchants freighters, the said
Cravens not haveing monies to paye
the marriners theire wages for the
said voyage the said Marriners
arrested the said shipp for the same &
by course of Lawe att Marcelles the
said Shipp was condemned and sould
for the payment of the said
Marriners wages & other debts then
due, uppon her the said Owners not takeing
order to pay the said wages, and other
debts then due uppon her
in tyme And otherwise
for his pte he doth not beleeve the
same posicon to be true in anie pte
thereof
To the nineth pretended posicon he
answeareth and beleeveth that the
shipp the Jeremie when Shee went
to Sea uppon her last voyage under the
said Craven was worth the summe of
600:li and not alone as he beleeveth And
otherwise for his pte he doth not
beleeve the said posicon to be
true in anie pte thereof
To the tenth the sad posicion he//
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//he answeareth and beleevth that att such
tyme as this rendent first came to be
M:r of the shipp the Jeremie arlate he
had and receaved from the Owners of her
whereof the said Jeremie Crow was
none the summe of 400:li and not above
as he beleeveth for the stocke of the
same shipp for w:ch this rendent hath long
since accounted unto the Owners thereof
And otherwise for his parte he doth
not beleeve the said posicon soe
farr as the same concerns the ?said
Jeremie Crowe to be true anie
pte thereof.
To the Eleaventh prted posicon he
answeareth that for his pte he doth
beleeve that he this rendent never
payd unto the said Crowe anie pte
of the proffitts of anie of the XXXX
voyages or ever made him anie Accompte
of the same in regard he was noe
partowner as he beleeveth And otherwise
for his pte he doth not beleeve this
posicon to be true in anie part thereof
To the Twelveth the said posicon he
answeareth and beleeveth that ?for
this rendent haveing notice and
intelligence that the said shipp was
bound from Marcelles to Scanderoone
& soe to Marcelles againe did att
the//
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//the imptantie and desire of M:r Gilbert
Moorewood, and some other of her
Owners and the said Cravens
mother cause an Assurance for the
said voyage onlie and noe longer to
be made uppon the said shipp to the
value of ?700:li and not above as he
beleeveth the Premio whereof this
rendent beleeveth the said Cravens
mother paid w:ch voyage being
ended and the said shipp comeinge
safe to Marcelles againe the same
was discharged, and voyded And
otherwise for his pte he doth not
beleeve the said posicon to be
true in anie pte thereif
To the 13:th and 14:th the said posicons
he answeareth and referreth himselfe
to the Registrie of this Court
To the last he answeareth and
beleeveth what he hath formerly
beleeved: And otherwise negatively
JN:° MOORE His signature//
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Case: Libell against them on behalfe of John Harris and John Powicke: Personal answers: Edward Bellamye and Thomas Day: Date: XXXX
//Repeated before
D:r Exton one of
the Judges x:r
1:° Junij 1652
THE PERSONALL ANSWERS of
Edward Bellamye and Thomas
Day made to the posicons of a
libell given in against them on y:e
parte and behalfe of John
Harris & John Powicke doe
followe.
To the first pretended posicon they and
either of them answere and referr themselves
to the Contracte or Charterpartie made
betwixte these repsondents and the said
Harris and Powicke for y:e said Shippe and
voyage and remayneinge in the hands of the said
Harris and Powicke as they beleeve which
said contracts these respondents beleebe to
bee true and to bee signed sealed &, delivered
by them and otherwise for their partes they
now either of them doe not beleeve the said
posicon to bee true in any parte thereof
To the second pretended posicon they and
either of them answere, and beleeve
that the said shippw was to enter into pay
upon y,e eighteenth day of march 1647
And otherwise for their parts they now either
of them doe not beleeve the said posicon
to bee true in any parte thereof.
To the third pretended posicon they
answere that for their parts they doe
not beleeve the said posicon to bee true
in any parte thereof.//
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//To 4:th 5:th and 6:th pretensed posicons
they and either of them answere that for
their parts they nor either of them doe not
beleeve the said posicons or any of them to
bee true in any parte thereof Saviinge
they beleeve the said Shippe arrived at
the Barbadoes.
To the 7:th and 8:th pretensed posicons
they and either of them answer that
for their parts they doe not beleeve
the said posicons or either of them to
bee true in any parte thereof Savinge they beleeve the said shippe carried some
rotten Tobaccoes from the Barbadoes
to Barbarye as they have heard but what
quantitye they not beinge there to see
the same doe not know what to
beleeve concerninge the same and
afterwards the said shippe by the order
of the said Harris and Powicke or their
Agents as these respondents have heard &
beleeve went to S:t Lucar.
To the ninth pretensed posicon they and
either of them answere that for their
parts they doe not beleeve the said p:etended
posicon to bee true in any parte thereof.
To the 10:th pretensed posicons they answere
that for their parts they nor either of them
doe not beleeve the said posicon to bee true
in any pte thereof
To y:e 11:th pretensed posicon they answere &
beleeve that y:e master and company of the
said shippe did carrye her to Mallega
And//
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//And otherwise for their parts they nor either
of them doe not beleeve the said posicon
to bee true in any parte thereof.
To the 12:th pretensed posicon they and
either of them answere and accept the
contents of this posicon soe far forth as
the same doe make for them and not
other wise, And otherwise for their parts
they nor either of them doe not beleeve
the said posicon to bee true in any pte
thereof.
To the 13:th pretensed posicon they and
either of them answere and beleeve that
the said merchants send the said Shippe to
Cales and there sould or otherwise disposed
of her as they beleeve and deprived these
respondents of her as they beleeve, And
otherwise for their parts they nor either
of them doe not beleeve the said posicon to
bee true in any parte thereof
To y:e 14:th pretensed posicon they and either
of them answear and beleeve that after the
said Harris and Powicke had used and
imployed the arlate Shippe y:e Little George
by y:e space of twenty monethes & uppwards
as they beleeve and had utterly spoyled
her for want of furnishinges and fittinge
her with such things as they ought to have
fitted her with and had sould or otherwise
disposed of the said Shippe and her furniture
or//
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//or parte thereof, and on purpose to
deceave these respondents of their
shippe and freight as they beleeve
they tould these responedents the said
shipp was leakye and that they had lost
her at Cales And otherwise fir their pts
they nor either of them doe not beleeve
the said posicon to bee true in any
parte thereof.
To the 15:th pretendsed (sic) they and
either of them answer that for their
parts they doe not beleeve the said posicon
to bee true in any parte thereof
EDWARD BELLAMY [His signature]
THOMAS DAY [His signature]
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Case: Libell on the behalfe of Thomas Pearse, John Maddox, & others: Personal answer: William Thomas: Date: XXXX
Repeated before
D:r Exton one of the
Judges x:r)
The psonall answer of William Thomas
made to the posicons of an Allegacon
given in against him on the behalfe of
Thomas Pearse; John Maddox and others
doe follow.
To the first pretended posicon hee answereth that
for his parte hee doth not beleeve the said posicon to
bee true in any pte thereof
To the second pretensed posicon hee answereth that
for his parte hee doth not beleeve the said poscon
to be true in any pte thereof, Saveing that hee
beleeveth that the Citty of Bristoll was in the
moneth of Aprill and May 1643. and untill
July next following under the Power and
commande of the Parliament./
To y:e. 3:d//
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//To the .3:d. pretended posicon hee answereth and
beleeveth that in or about July .1643: the citty
of Bristoll, and the porte thereof were taken &
surprized, by the late Kings foreces and were
contynewed (sic) in his possession untill September. 1645
and noe longer as hee beleeveth And otherwise
for his parte. hee doth not beleeve the said posicon
to be true in any parte./
To the .4.:th pretensed posicon hee answereth and
beleiveth that in or about August .1643. the said
shipp the Charles and her ladeing were surprized
and taken as a prize by some shipps under
the command of the late Kinge and brought into
Bristoll and there adiudged and condemned as
Lawfull prize as this rendent beleeveth, And
otherwise for his parte, hee doth not beleeve the
said posicon to bee true in any pte thereof./
To the .5:th pretended posicon hee answereth &
belevieth, that the Boatswayne of the said
shipp the Charles, did live and inhabit in
Bristoll, at such tyme as this rendent first
bought nyne sixteenth parts of the said shipp
the Charles and before, And otherwise for his
pte hee doth not beleeve the said posicon to bee
true in any pte thereof./
To the sixt pretensed posicon hee answeareth that
for his pte hee doth not beleeve the said posicon
to bee true in any pte thereof./
To the seaventh pretensed posicon hee answereth
that for his parte; hee doth not beleeve the said
posicon to bee true in any pte thereof Saveinge
this//
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//this rendent beleevth that for all the tyme
of the warr?s betwixt the Parliament and the
late Kinge, Gloucester was in the. Power and
under the Commande of the Parliament./
To the eight (sic) pretensed posicon hee answereth
that for his parte hee doeth not beleeve the
said posicon to bee true in any pte thereof./
To the ninth pretensed posicon hee answereth
that for his parte hee doth not beleeve the said
posicon to bee true in any pte thereof./
To the tenth pretensed posicon hee answereth
and beleeveth that the owners of seaven
sixteenth partes of the shippe the Charles
vizt: Doctor ?Bavey, one ?Angell, and one
?Driver a widdowe, and some others owners of the
said seaven sixteene pte of the said shippe did
live sometime in Bristoll, and sometyme in or
neere Gloucester, and were never putt out of
the possession, of the said seaven sixteene ptes
of the said shipp, but did receave theire pte
of the pfitts thereof, notwithsatndinge the said
seizure, as this rendent beleiveth, And other-
wise for his parte, hee doeth not beleeve the
said posicon to bee true in any pte thereof./
To the .11:th pretensed posicon hee answereth
and beleeveth that the said shipp the Charles
being and remaineinge in the porte of
Bristoll extreamely decayed, and out of
repaore, this rendent in or about the moneth
of//
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//of August .1644. did for the summe of
two hundred and sixtye pounds, (w:ch this
rendent reallye paid) buy nine sixteene
partes of the said shippe of them whoe had
power to sell the same, as hee beleeveth, and
after hee had soe bought her, this rendent
Laid out, nore upon her in fittinge and
repaireinge the said shippe, the summe of
sixe hundred pounds or there abouts, And
this rendent beleeveth that before this
rendent had made any benifitt or proffit w:th
the said shippe, or the said shippe made any
voyage, the said Citty of Bristoll was
upon Articles surrendred to the Lord
ffairefaxe. in September .1645. and at
that tyme the said shippe the Charles was
and remayned in the Porte of Bristoll, and
after the surrender of the said Towne. was
and contynewed in the possession of this rendent
untill y:e 5:th of November 1645 (OR, 1648) w:ch day the said Pearse
Maddoxe & Ellis or some by their order,
w:thout any warrant or authoritye, did seize
upon, and take the said shippe the Charles
soe fitted and repayred as aforesaid, out of this
rendents possession, and deprived him thereof
to his great preiudice and dammage, And other-
wise for his pte hee doth not beleeve the said
posicon to bee true in any pte thereof./
To the .12:th, and .13.:th prdsed posicons hee
answereth and beleeveth, that at such tyme
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//as this rendent did buy the said nyne .16.:th
parts of the said shippe the Charles the same
was not worth above .200:li, and the other
parts after the same rate, but as for the
vallue of the said shipp and ladeinge, what
they were worth when they were taken, this
rendent knoweth not what to answere in
regard ?shee did not see the same, but this
rendent denieth that ever any parte of the said
shippes Ladeinge, came to this rendents
handes or possession, And otherwise for his
parte, hee doeth not beleeve the said posicon
to bee true in any pte thereof./
To the .14:th pretensed posicon hee answereth
and beleeveth that this rendent in the yeare
1637. being in Irelande was by Commission
from the late Kinge made victualler of his
shipps appointed for the Coast of Ireland
where this Rendent contynued untill the
yeare .1641./ and then the Kingdome of
Ireland being most parte of it over runn by
the rebells there this rendent by order
from the Committee of the Navye in the
yeare: 1641. was called over from thence
to Bristoll, where hee was by them
appoynted victualler for their shippes
there, in w:ch imployment hee contynued
untill the takeinge of Bristoll, by the late
Kings forces, and this rendent beleeveth
(that//
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//that at the takeing of the said Cuttye by
the late Kinges forces, this rendent
haveing a quantitye of victualls which
hee had pvided ?w:th his owne money dureinge
the tyme that the said Cittye of Bristoll
was under the power of the Parliament, the
officers of the said late Kinge, did ?require and
take from this rendent the victualls afore-
said, to furnish out the same; to such shipps
as then were there under the said late Kings
Command, And otherwise for his parte hee
doth not beleeve the said posicon to bee true
in any pte thereof.
To the fifteenth p:rtensed posicon he answereth
that for his parte he doth not beleeve the said
posicon to bee true in any parte thereof.
To y:e 16:th pretensed posicon he answereth that
for his parte he doth not beleeve the said
posicon to bee true in any pte thereof
To y;e 17:th pused posicon he answereth and
referreth himselfe to his former answers
otherwise for his parte he doth not beleeve
the said posicon to bee true in any
parte thereof.
To the 18:th pused posicon he answereth that
he doth not beleeve y:e said posicon to bee
true in any parte therof.
W:M THOMAS. [His signature]//
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Case: Libell on the behalfe of Robert Woodliffe the pretended Curator of John Stapilton: William Thomas: Date: XXXX
//Repeated before
D:r Clark one of
the Judges x:r
Rs ?EM
The Personall answers of William
Thomas made to the posicons of a
libell given in aganst him and others
on the behalfe of Robert Woodliffe
the p:rtended Curator of John
Stapilton doe followe
To the first second third fowerth fifth
sixth seaventh eighth ninth tenth eleaventh
twelfth thirteenth fowerteenth & fifteenth
p:rtesed posicons he referreth himselfe
to y:e answers of John Dennis made to
y:e posicons of the said libell remaineinge
in the Registry of this Courte
which he beleeveth to bee true And
otherwise for his parte hee doth not beleeve
the said posicons or any of them to bee
true in any parte thereof./
WM THOMAS [His signature]
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Case: Allegation on behalfe of Hance ?Dirrickson John Johnson and company: Personal answeres: Peter Scrother: Date: XXXX
Repeated before
D:r. Clerk one of the
Judges x:r
The personal answeres of Peter
Scrother made to the posicons of a
certaine pretended allegation in fact
given and admitted against him on
the parte and behalfe of Hance
?Dirrickson John Johnson and company
followe. vizt.
To the first posicon hee answereth & beleeveth
the same to bee true.
To the second pused posicon and to the pused
Schedule therein menconned he answereth
that he doth not beleeve the same pretensed
posicon on pdsed Schedule therein menconned to
bee true in any parte.///
recto
//To the third pretensed posicon he answereth that
he doth not beleeve that he did hire any of the
persons articulate as is articulate, for any
voyage arlate or that any of the persons
articulate did enter into for any the pused
dayes articulate as is in fact but virtuely as he
beleiveth charged in this pdsed posicon, but hee
beleiveth that he this rendent in the moneth
of May 1651. did at ?Havre de Grace[1] in
ffrance hire all the persons articulate
severally and respectively mentioned in the
schedule annexed to the allegacon whereupon
he is now examined except the articulate
Clement Rootes and William ?Reagne beinge
a boy for to serve in the shippe articulate
for severall sommes of money then agreed upon
betweene this respondent and the said severall
persons Schedulated except the said Clement
Nootes and William ?Wayne for a voyage to be
made with her from ?Naure de grace and
that after such agreement made this rendent
and the said severall persons except the said
Clement ?Nootes did and the said M:r ?Readn did
saile in the shippe the Abrahams Sacrifice
arlate ?form Havor de Grace to Cales
where they arrived with the said shippe in
August 1651. and from thence to ffaro in
Portugall where they arrived with the said
shipp in September 1651. where the said
shippe haveinge taken in a quantity of figgs
beinge but little above halfe her ladeinge did
set saile withh the same for London where
the said shippe arrived in the end of November,
1651. and beinge arrived the said shippe was
in the moneth of december next followinge
fully//
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//fully unladed and beinge soe unladed the
said voyage was fully ended whereupon
this respondent did in the said moneth of
December and as he beleeveth the 22:th or 23:th
of December 1651 beinge the next day after
the shipp was unladed, fully pay and
satiffye unto Clause Oruse Hance
Dirrickson, John Johnson John Jarvis and
Stephen Johnson all the severall wages
severally due unto them and that they did
accept of the same. and this rendent did
then at y:e tyme of y:e payment of them the said
voyage beinge fully ended discharge them
from any further service in the said shippe
which discharge they all tooke notice , but hee
beleeveth that the tyme beinge then winter
the said Claus Oruse and Hance
Dirrickson did intreate this respondent
that they two might still come on board the
said shippe and that he this respondent
would be soe friendly , unto them as to give
tnem meate and drinke on board the said
shippe and that they would for the same attend
and looke unto the said shippe and doe such
worke as was to bee done therein or thereabout
whereupon he this rendent did tell them y :t
if they would come on board and looke to y:e
said shippe in regard they had beene with
him in the said voyage before mentioned
he would give them meate and drinke:,
onely which they willingly accepted but this
respondent would not nor did take upom
him to give them any wages at all or agree
with them for any wages at all concerning
and//
recto
//and be XXXXXinge that y:e victualls and drinke
of the said two person was an a bundant
recompense and satisfaction for any service
that the said two parties could doe in the said
shippe after such her discharge and XXXing
her lyeinge in harbor and he beleeveth
that the arlate Hance Dirrickson Claus ?Gruse
John Johnson, and John ?Jens and Stephen
Johnson did after this rendent had soe paid
them off and discharged them in y:e moneth
of December 1651. aforesaid, afterwards
some times come on board the said shippe
and did take their victualls and frinke there
for y:e most pte of the tyme articulate and
paid nothinge for y:e same which this rendent
in regard they had been with him in the said
voyage and in favour of them suffered them
to have, and take at y:e charge of this rendent
and his owners but hee denieth that ever
he did contract agree or bargayne wth
and yof the oersons arkate to pay unto them
any wages as is arlate and he beleeveth
that in Januaray on 1651 last past the arlate
Clement Noats wantinge imployment did
repaire unto this rendent and requeated
this rendent to entertaine him, into ?theri
service in the said shippe but this rendent
told him that he had not any voyage and
that hee did not at the present need his services
but to doe him a pleasure and to suplly his
present want if he would goe on board this
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//give him victualls and when he had gott
a voyage, and the shippe should XXXX XXX belowe
the Bayes at Quiborow, then and not
before he would give unto him y:e said
Clement ?Noots soe much wages as he
had formerly given his former ?limberman
to comence and begine from the tyme
that the said shippe should fall belowe the
said Bayes and not before, and hee the
said Noots did accept thereof and went
on board the said shippe in January 1651
and was sometymes on board the said
shippe and sometymes a shoare but for y:e
most parte of the tye arlate he tooke his
victualls and drincke a board at this
rendents charge and his owners and he
beleeveth that y:e persons arlate or some
of them did duringe the tyme arlate ?scarpe
the shippe on the outside, but refused to
scrape her in y:e Inside and that they or some
of them did sett y:e mast arlate and that
other worke saveinge the keepinge of the
shippe cleane, there was none to doe in y:e
said shippe as he beleeveth all w:ch worke as
he beleeveth was not worth a quarter parte
of the victualls and drinke which the parties
arlate did ate and drincke in the said shippe
duringe the tyme arlate and he beleeveth
that duringe the tyme arlate the pesons arlate
vizt Oland Oruse Hance Dirrickson John
Johnson , John Jons Clement Noots & Stephen
Johnson did apply themselves
to other services, not any way concerninge
the said shippe and did helpe to deliver and lade
other//
recto
//other shipps and thereby did gett severall sommes
of money and he beleeveth that the persons
severally before named did duringe the
tyme articulate absent themselves from
the shippe articulate to follow the said ?workes
and to follow their pleasure for severall
daies and nights, and he beleeveth that the
said Clement Noots duringe the tyme arlate
did severall tymes come on board the shipp
arlate drunck, in a very, beastly ad disorderly
manner and did draw his sworde aboard
the shippe the Abrahams Sacrifice and attempted
to wound and mischeife the men there in the
same shippe therewith, And he beleeveth that
duringe the tyme arlate, and about March
last by reason of the negligence of the psons
severally before named the shippe arlate in
the night tyme did runne a shoare at
Shadwell and her sterne broke downe a
parte of a house therem which cost this rendent
three pounds stereling to amend And hee
beleeveth that soe much as is by him
confessed hath beene observed and taken
notice of And otherwise he doth not beleeve
this prsed posicon to bee true in any parte
saveinge he beleeveth that he hath sometymes
within the tyme arlate seene the articuate
XXXXX beinge a boy on board the said Shippe
which ReagXX was brought on board the said
shippe by y:e arlate Claus Oruse as a ?Ghost as
he conceaveth the said Cruse some tymes lying
and drinkeinge ast y:e said Reagues XXX
XXXX house on shoare and hee beleeveth
that after the said XXX were soe diXXXX
XXX as afore said this rendent neither had
nor could get any voyage for the said
shipp//
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//To the fourth pised posicon he answereth
that he doth not beleeve the same to bee
true in any parte.
To the fifth he answereth that it was and
is in fact complayned to the Court of the
premisses arlate but uniustly as hee
beleeveth and otherwise hee doth not beleebe
this odsed posicon to bee true in any parte
To the sixte prused psoicon he answereth
that hee doth not beleeve the said pdused
posicon to bee true in any parte saveinge
he beleeveth that William Reaque arlate
was as he hath heard and beleeveth pressed
into the States service, and XX since released
To the last he answereth and beleeveth what
is by him beleeved and denieth what is by
him denied./
PIETER SCHRODERxx [His signature]
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Case: Allegacion on behalfe of Peter Scrother: Personal answers: Clement Nootes, John Johnson John JXXXXs and William Reage: Date: July 7th 1652
Repeated before
D:r Clarke one of
the Judges x:r
The personall answers of Clement
Nootes, John Johnson John JXXXXs
and William Reage made to the pdused
posicons of an allegacon given against
them on the behalfe of Peter Scrother
as followeth
To the first they and every of them answereth
that they have heard and doe beleive that the
said Peter Scrother is a Hamburger, but he
did hire these rendents John ?Johnson, John
?Joris and Stephen Johnson about fourteene
monethes since in ffraunce to goe to Genoa, but
he did goe to Cales and from thence to ?ffarroe
in Portugall and soe from thence to this port of
London and the rest of these respondents were hired
here//
recto
//here in England and they nor either of them was
even with him at Hamburrough neither hath the
said Scrother (as they and every of them beleiveth)
beene more than once att Hambrough these 7
yeares but doth trade and coast upp and downe
from place to place (as he conceiveth) most
advantagious for his benefiitt, but whether the
said shippe doth more perticulelly belonge to
one place than another these respondents
nor either of them can sweare nor doe
otherwise they or either of them
beleive the said prsed psisocon to bee true in
any part.
To the second and third they and every of them
answereth that they beleive and every of them
beleiveth that the said shippe the Abrahams
Sacrifice did about the tyme arlate arrive at this
port of London from ffaroe as is arlate and
did unlade and end her voyage as is arlate
the said Scrother did about the tyme arlate
pay the said persons arlate their severall wages
then respectively due unto them for their service
in y:e said vessell which they had and carryed
away and disposed andthen they were free
from any further service upon the said shippe
and might have disposed themselves as they
pleased but within two dayes after such their
releaseinge from the said vessell the said Peter
Scrother sente to these respondents John Johnson
John JoXXs XXXXX Dirrickson and Stephen
Johnson to desire them to come on board
againe to serve in the said vessell, and they
should have y:e same monethly wages as they had
formerly upon w:ch termes and noe other they
and every of them did goe on board and did doe
their worke and service upon the said shippe
scrape and gra?ne the same and tooke out the ould
foremast & sett a new foremast therein and did
performe and undergoe as much labour in
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//the said shippe as they should have undergone
if they had beene at sea as they and every of
them beleiveth, for which they did very well
deserve not onely by their victualls which they
had, but allsoe their respective monethes wages
which the said Scrother doth endeavour most
uniustly as they conceive to debarre them of but
they and every of them doth utterly denie that
they were suitors to him the said Scrother
to bee on board for victualls or did soe
agree or bargayne or would have soe
continued & remayned, if they had not really
and truly expected their monethly wages as
aforesaid and otherwise they nor either of them
doth beleive the said pretensed posicons or
either of them to bee true in any parte.
To the fowerth they and every of them
answereth that they and every of them
referreth himselfe to his
procedinge answeares which they and every
of them beleiveth to bee true and otherwise
they nor either if them beleiveth the same
to bee true in any parte and the said
Clement Nootes for his part doth declare
and sett forth by vertue of hisoath that after
hee had served upon the said shippe here
in the river of Thames about the s'pace of
two moneths he did aske the said Peter
Scrother whether hee would free him from
the said vessell and give him leave to goe out
to sea in some other shippe that was ready
to goe forth and the said Scrother did refuse
to free him and then at y:e same time a woman
to whom the said Clement Noates was indebted
for washinge, did demand of the said Scrother
if he would on y:e behalfe of the said Noates
pay her a little money out of his the said Nootes
his//
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//his wages which was due unto her to ?which XX
hee replyed in these or the like words I shall
pay the wages to him that hath earned it &
soe let him pay you if hee will, and soe wished
the said Noates to goe on board the said vessell
soe that hee had not the least in imagination but
that hee would have duely payd him his said
monethly wages, and the said John Johnson
and John Joris doe by vertue of their oathes
respectively say and declare that they heard
Olyns Oruse the boatswayne desire leave
of him the said Scrother that hee might bee
cleared to goe home for Hamborough to
whome the said Scrother did make answer
in these or the like words, what are you weary
with gettinge of money if you were at home
you would soone after goe to sea agayne
therefore pray stay with mee or to that effecte
and would not free him soe that they did not
doubt that hee would duely have payd him and
alsoe these respondents their said monethly
wages iustly due unto them as they and
each of them belevieth.
To the fifth they and every of them answereth
and beleiveth that duringe the tyme that these
respondents did belonge to the said shippe
and about the moneth of March articulate
about sixe or seaven of the Clocke in the
morninge as the said Shippw was hauleinge
on shoare to be graXed & was ?turneinge
shee did by casualtye with a suddaine turne
doe some small dammadge to a house att
Shadwell with her Stearne which they could
not prevent notwithstandinge their uttmost
endeavours as they and every of them beleiveth
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//for repaireinge the said M:r did pay of allow
about nine or tenn shillings and not above
as they and every of them beeleeveth And
otherwise they nor either of them doth beleive
the said pused posicon to bee true in any
parte.
To the sixth they and every of them answereth
that the persons arlate doe belonge to the
said shippe but these respondents beinge not
present when they were agreed with to serve
in the said shippe doe not certainly know upon
what termes they are but they and every of them
beéeiveth that they expect and are to have
monethly wages as they and every of them
beleiveth and otherwise they nor either of them
doth beleive the said pused posicon to bee true
in any parte.
To the seaventh they and every of them
answereth that they nor either of them doth
beleive the same to bee true in any parte.
To the eighth they the said John Johnson
John Joris and Clement Nootes doe acknow-
ledge that dureinge the tyme articulate
these rendents by the consent & approbacon
of the said Scrother did helpe a Hollander to
put a new mast in his bessell for which they
had each of them 5:s: 6:d and noe more as they
and each of them beleiveth, and they the
said John Johnson and John Joris did alsoe
duringe the said tyme (by the especiall order
and direction of the said Scrother) helpe a
Hamburgher to heave in about 20 barrells
and some ballast out of which they had s:s a
peece and noe more given them. and otherwise
they nor either of them doth beleive the said
pused posicon to bee true in any parte.///
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//To the ninth they and every of them answereth
that they nor either of them doth beleive the said
pused posiscon to bee true in any parte.
To the tenth they and every of them answereth
that savinge their former answers they nor
either of them doth beleive the said posicon
to bee true in any parte.
JAN JANSEN [His signature]
JAN JONISSOHN [His signature]
The marke of
Clement C K Noots
The marke + of W:m Ridge
7 Julij: 1652
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Repeated before
dror Exton one
of y:e Judges x:r.
The further, and plainer Answeres of Thomas
Polding made to the pused positions
of an all:on or Libell given ag:t him on
the behalfe of William Beale heer
after named as followeth./
To the tenth arle of the said all:on he answereth
and beleeveth that he did with all convenient
speed (as wind, and weather would afford him
saile from Newhaven arlate to Limbricke[2]
without neglect, or losse of one ?honre as he
beleeveth, and did not XXX his said shipp into the harbour of
XXXmouth as is arlate, and otherwise he doth not beleeve
the said position to bee true in any part
thereof./
To the 14:th. he answereth, & beleeveth that the
weather was tempestuous, and the wind contrary
after this rendent came into the said river
of Limbricke so that he was five dayes
after he came into the said river before
he gott upp to the Key, and noe more as he
beleeveth the same being twenty one Leagues
as he beleeveth, and presently after the
said shipps comming upp to the said Key
the ?fror of the said Beale might have
sold the said mault, att very great rates
and good profitt the same being scarce
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//and severall persons being earnest, and
desicons to have the same, but the fror about
three, or fowre dayes after the said shipps
comming to the said Key tooke the said mault
out of the saud vessell into his owne custody
and possession, and disposed thereof att his
owne will, and pleasure, but for how much
he sold itt, or what he made thereof after
he had itt out this rendent was noe wayes
privie thereunto, & cannot further say, or
declare, nor doth other wise beleeve the said
petition to bee true in any part./
To the 21;th. & 22:th he answereth, and beleeveth, that
he this rendent did take in the quantity of about
seaventy tonns of goods for the acc:t of the
said Beale, & boe lesse, & did not refuse any
goods, that the said Beale his fror would lade
or putt aboard, and otherwise (saveing his
former answeres which he beleaveth to bee
true he doth not beleeve the said pused
positions, or either of them to bee true
in any part./
To the 29:th & lres therein mentioned he
answereth, and beleaveth that the Letters
arlate were sent by this rendent to the
said Beale, and otherwise saveing his former
answeres which he belaveth to bee true
he doth not beleeve the said psed
positions to bee true in any part./
To the 33:th. he answereth, and beleaveth
that every of the said hides were worth
and might have yeelded the time arlate
the summe of sixteene shillings & eight pence and
noe more, and every of the said tonns of
Tallow were worth the summe of 34:li y tonn
and noe more as he beleeveth, and he doth
beleeve that he did with all convenient speed
he could//
recto
//could hasten away with the said goods to
Newhaven arlate; and there deliver the same
to the said Beale, or his assignes, and otherwise
he doth not beleeve the said pused position
to bee true in any part/
To the 3?0:th. he answereth, that he doth not
beleeve there happened any losse, or dammage
to the said William Beale by any neglect, of
this rendent in the said voyadge, nor doth
beleeve the said prused position to bee true
in any part./
THOMAS POLD?AN [His signature]
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Case: Libell on the behalfe of Thomas Corbett: Personal Answers; Joshua ffowler, Merchant: Date: XXXX
Repeated be
fore S:r Exton
one of the
Judges x:r
DXX XXXX
The personall Answeares of Joshia ffowler
Merchant made to the posicons of a p:rtended
libell given and admitted against him on be-
halfe of Thomas Corbett doe followe.
To the first and second posicone hee answeareth and
for his part doeth nott beleeve the said posicons
to bee true in any parte saveinge his subsequent
Answeares,
To the third & severall posicons hee answeareth
and beleeveth that within the time arlate, this
Rendent received Twenty Bundles of Hempe
very much damaged and damnified which were
brought from the Port of Quinborough in the
East: land in the shippe the Elephant arlate,
and were there laden by John Berna?ed arlate
and consigned to this Rendent, And otherwise for
his parte hee doeth nott beleeve the said Posicons
to bee true in any part; saving that hee beleeveth
that the usuall ffreight of twenty Bundes of
hempe brought undamnified from Quinborowe
aforesaid to London is att thirty: two XXX in XXX last XX22:0:-:
and soe much is ususally paid:
To the ffifth posicon hee answeareth and acknow-
ledgeth the Requisicon arlate by this suite and
that hee refuseth payment for iust Cause
as hee beleeveth//
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//To the last posicon hee answeareth as hee hath
formerly answeared & beleeved, and otherwise
negatively
XXXX JOSHUA : FFOWLER [His signature]
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Case: Allegation made on the behalfe of ?Savery: Personal answers: Thomas May: Date: July 10th 1652
Repeated before
D:r Cllark one of
the Judges x:r
THE PERSONAL ANSWERS of
Thomas May made to the prsed
posicons of an allegation given
against him on the behalfe of
[BLANK IN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT] Savery as followeth.
To the first and second positions he answereth
and beleiveth that hee this respondent had upon
the day arlate (beinge the eighteenth day of
December 1651) his lighter called the
Mayflower fast moored in the river of
Thames beere lower Chalke wharfe about
halfe a mile from Gravesend over a certayne
caske that was there sunke in the said River
for y:e weighing up of Ordnance andIron
out of the said Shippe or Bark which said
lighter did (as hee beleiveth) lye neere two
stones throwe from y:e Kentish side and soe
farr from the Essex side that neere twenty
shipps on breast might in faire and good
weather (as he beleeveth) have passed by
without doeinge or receiveinge any dammage
and upon y:e Kentish side about foure shipps
might have passed on breast betweene y:e
shoare and the said lighter the river beinge
in that place (as he beleiveth) neere a mile
in breadth and the bancks of y:e river in and
about that place are soe absolutely steepe that
there is noe shelvinge nor wast ground as hee
hath observed and beleeveth and this respondent
did//
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//did generallye imploy seaven or eight men to
worke on board the said lighter for the wighing
of the said Ordnance and Iron and one
man constantly to bee and lye on board her
or soe neere on shoare that hee might bee
within sight of the said lighter and looke to
the same, and this respondent beleiveth the
said lighter did ride in such a place over the
said Barke where shipps did and might
usually passe unlesse they were of very great
burthen and the water lowe and they in
regard of the said Suncke vessell or racke
they could not passe without bery great
danger as he beleiveth and he beleiveth that
at the tyme when the said shippe, y:e Mary
runne against the said lighter there was not
any person on board, but those employed by this
respondent were gone on shoare to a house bery
neere the place where the said lighter did lye
where they had their dyet, and a good distance
before the said shippe came neere to the said
lighter some of the said persons employed upon y:e
same did see the said shippe and call to the
company thereof as he beleiveth wishinge
them to take heed of the said lighter as hee
beleeveth, yet notwithstandinge the company
of the same out of carelesnesse or wilfulnesse
as he beleiveth did ranne against the
said lighter & breake her from her Mooringes
though there was roome for twenty shipps
as aforesaid to have gon on the one side
& foure or five on the other all on breast
without doeinge or receivinge any dammadge
as hee beleeveth and did carry her away at
least two or three miles as hee beleiveth by
w:ch this rendent was very much damnified as
he beleiveth and otherwise he doth not beleeve the
said posicon to bee true in any parte.///
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//To the third hee answereth and beleiveth
that the said lighter was broken from her
mooreings in manner as aforesaid by the
default neglect & carlesnesse of the said
Cocque and company and otherwise savinge
his proceeding answers to which hee
referreth himselfe, which he beleeveth
to bee true hee doth not beleive the said
prsed posicon to bee true in any parte
To the 4::th and fifth he answereth & beleiveth
that the said cable and Anchor are foule
of and entangled with the racked vessell or
amongst the goods in the same and thos
respondent cannot possible acquire or gett
the same againe as he beleiveth and
otherwise hee doth not beleive the said pused
posicon to bee true in any parte.
To the sixth he answereth and beleiveth that
the said vessell beinge soe unhappily driven
from her mooreings aforesaid was not
gotten thither agayne or ever amended after
the sammadge aforesaid but was soone
after cast away which was cheifly occasioned
by reason of her being broken loose by the said
Cooque and company in manner aforesaid
as he beeliveth and otherwise doth not beleive
the same to bee true in any parte.
To the seaventh he answereth and beleiveth
that if the said Cable could have beene gotten
agayne the same might have beene amended
& spliced together agayne but it would have
beene the worse by neere 40:s as he beleiveth
& otherwise referringe himselfe to his answers
to y:e 4:.th & 5:th. which hee beleiveth to bee true hee
doth not beleeve the same to bee true in any
parte.
To y:e last he answereth that saveinge his former
answeres which he beleiveth to bee true hee doth
not beleive the same to bee true in any parte./
THO: MAY [His signature]
huc ?computari
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Case: Allon in the name of Robert Carse of Warwicke late Lord High Admirall of England: Personal Answers: Captaine Thomas Johnson: Date: July 12th 1652
Repeated before
D:r Clerk one
of the Judges x:r
The psonall Answers of Captaine
Thomas Johnson made to the pre
tensed positions of a pused Allon
given against him in the name of
Robert Carse of Warwick late
Lord high Admirall of England as
followeth/.
To the first hee answereth and beleeveth that
the said Shippe the Thomas and Margaret
did some few daies before shee was sei
zed in the Downes by the revolted ffleet?e
come from North Yarmouth arlate
and was there stayed and forced to
XXXX the then Prince of Wales &
others in the revolted ffleete as hee be
leeveth And otherwise hee doeth not bee
leeve the said pused position to bee true
in any pte
To the second hee answereth and beleeveth
that at the time when the said vessell was
seized in the Downes hee this rendent
was onboard the Viceadmirall
or some other shipps in the said revolted
ffleete and did goe ?voluntarily into the
said ffleete as hee beleeveth and was
under their power as hee beleeveth but
the said vessell came into the Downes
the time aforesaid when shee was seized
by the said revolted ffleete without the
directions or knowledge of this respon
dent And otherwise hee doeth not beleeve
the said pused position to bee true in
any pte.///
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//To the third hee answereth and beleeveth
that after the said shippe was come into
the Downes as a foresaid shee was forced
to bee and remaine in the revolted
ffleete untill such time as the Company
thereof could get an opportunity to
escape away with her againe which
was this respondents directions to
them that they should doe with the XX
nest as hee beleeveth And otherwise
hee for his pte doeth not beleeve the
said pused position to bee true in any pt
To the 4:th hee answereth and beleeveth
that the said shipp was kept and
detained in the said ffleete by the
space of five or six monethes as he
beleeveth before she could make an
escape being for a great pt of that
time locked upp within the Bridge
at XXXXX shire that shee could not
possibly get away as hee bleaveth &
hee beleeveth that dureing most pt of
that time the arlate ?harby was onbord
the said vessell and was taken out of her
by Command of the Prince or some
other if the Commanders in regard
hee endeavoured to make an escape with
her as hee beleeveth And otherwise
saving his former Answers hee doeth
not beleeve the said position to bee true
in any pte
To the 5.:th hee answereth That after the
said shipp had beene soome few daies//
recto
//with the said revolted ffleete the certaine
time he doeth not now remember
shee was sent to Callico to carry some
of the Prince of Wales his ?Linnen
to bee washed as hee beleeveth and there
did or might some gentlemen goe there
in as hee beleeveth whoe did cause the
said vessell to goe and returne againe
to the said revolted ffleete as hee belee
veth and prevent the same from goeing
into any port in obedience to the Par-
liam:t: but afterwards the said vessell
did by the especiall order of this rendent
make an escape from the said ffleete
and saile into Dartmouth the same
being for the Parliam:t: and in obed:
ence to them as hee beleeveth And
otherwise hee doeth not beleeve the
same to bee true in any pte
To the last hee answereth that saveing
his former Answers hee doeth not
beleeve the same to bee tru in any
part/
THO: JOHNSON [His signature]
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Case: Allon on behalfe of Thomas Morton: Personal answeares: Thomas ?fflow?res: ?June 14th 1652
//14:° ?Ju:X 1652
The personal answeares of Thomas
?fflow?res made to the posiconns of an
allon given in against him on the
behalfe of Thomas Morton given the
tenth day of June: 1651. containeing
7. Article doe followe./
Repeated before
D:r Clerk one of
the Judges x:r
To the. first pretended posicon hee answereth
and referreth himselfe to the Charterpartie
for the voyadge in question ex:ed in this cause
w:ch hee beleeveth to bee true; And otherwise
for his parte hee doeth not beleeve the said
posicon to bee true in any part thereof./
To the second pretended posicon hee answereth
and beleeveth , that hee this rendent being at
the Canaries the voyadge in question was
there readye to receave and take on board the
said shippe the Unitye, all such goodes and
merchandizes as the said Nortons ffacto:es
would Lade and putt on bord him, And was
there readye to have staid out all the dayes
Lymitted for his stayd there by charter ptie
but this rendent beleeveth that the arlate
Nortons ffactors, to whome this rendent was
consigned at the Canaries haveinge putt
on board this rendents shipp, ffiftye two
pipes of Canarye wynes and haveinge
noe more to lade for the said Nortons
Account as hee beleeveth did command
this rendent to bee gonne and sett sayle
(therew:th//
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//dispatched upon the five or sixe & twnetith
day of August. 1650. at .8. or nyne of the
Clocke. in the eveninge,a nd not before as
hee beleeveth, and the next morninge at
three of the Clocke. as hee beleeveth this
rendent went downe to Gravesend, & cleared
that day, and went pudtXXXX into the Downes
And otherwise. for his part hee doeth not
beleeve the said posicon to bee true, in any
part thereof Saveinge this rendent
beleeveth, hee kept out of the said Nortons
sight, because hee was gone away to sea./
To the third pretended posicon hee answe-
reth and beleeveth that from the twentith
of August. 1650. to the: 25:th the winde
was contrary; to carry shipps from
Gravesend to the Canaries, And this
rendent beleeveth, that soe soone as the
wynd came faire after the said twentith
of August, and that hee this rendent had
receaved the said Nortons dispatches hee
this rendent did omitt noe time; but did , pro-
ceede. upon his said voyage. to the Canaries
And this rendent beleeveth that divers
other shippes did departe ; and sett sayle w:th
this rendent, from Gravesend and the Downes
towards the Canaries and there safely
arrived, and some of them as hee beleeveth,
which had theire ladeinge readye pvided
(at//
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//at theire comeinge thither had theire
full ladeinge, and returned with the
same; but this rendent beleeveth that
most of the shippes that yeare, w:ch went
to that place; came home. dead fraighted
and very few of them fullye Laden And
this rendent beleeveth that this rendents
shippe arrived at the Canaryes the
said voyage, as soone as any shippe w:ch went
from England to the Canaries that yeare
And otherwise for his parte hee doth not
beleeve. the said posicon to bee true in anye
parte thereof./
To the fourth pretensed posicon he answereth,
and beleeveth that at the arrivall of this
rendent at the Canaries, there arrived
with him about thirtye or thirtye five
sayle of shipps, And otherwise for his pte
hee doeth not beleevethe said posicon to bee
leve in any parte thereof./
To the fifth pretensed posicon hee answereth
that for his parte. hee doth, not beleeve. the
said posicon to bee true in any pte thereof./
To the sixt pretensed posicon this rendent
answereth that the said Nortons ffactor
tould this rendent at his arrivall att
the Canaries that hee had agreed upon
(a price//
recto
//a price for .300. pipes pf wynes for the
said Nortons Account, but the said Nortons bills being protested, the said ffactor had
not moneyes to paye for the same and therefore
could nor would not lade them , And otherwise
for his parte, .hee. doeth not beleeve. the said
posicon to bee true in any pte thereof./
To the seaventh pretensed posicon hee answereth
and beleeveth that about fifteene dayes
before. this rendent and the rest of the
ffleete. arrived at the Canaries a pipe.
of good canarye wynes was worth about
32. or .22. duckatts, and not under as hee
beleeveth, and that about November and
December arlate wynes were here worth
21. or 22. per pipe, and not above as hee
beleeveth, And otherwise for his parte
hee doeth not beleeve the said posicon to
bee true in any parte thererof./
To the eight pretensed posicon hee answereth
that for his parte hee doeth not beleeve. the
said posicon to bee true in anye parte
thereof./
THO: FFLAWES [His signature]
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Case: Libell on behalfe of Elizabeth West, administrator of ffrancis West: Personal answeres: John Blith: Date: July 29th 1652
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//in the said Schedule as hee beleeveth all
w:ch goods Except the mistakes aforsaid
this rendent beleeveth the said M:r West
had in his possession, att the tyme of
his death on bord the said ship (w:ch
happened about the tyme arlate.)
and was goeing with the same to the
Barbados as arlate, and was within
few dayes saile thereof as hee
beleeveth, And being soe possessed
of the said goods, as the proprietor
thereof, hee was accompted & reputed
the lawfull owner of the said goods
as hee beleeveth and otherwise hee
doth not beleeve the said p:rsed
positions or either of them or the
said Schedule therein mentioned
to bee trew in any part thereof.
To the 4:th hee answereth, that soone after
the arrivall of the said shipp at the
Barbados, and about the tyme arlate
this rendent did desire them the
said M:r fford, and M:r Mayne to
Joyne with him to administer uppon
and dispose the said goods,//
recto
//accordinge to the trust reposed in them
by the said M:r West decead, but they
the said M:r fford and M:r Mayne did
both of them refuse, and then this rendent
being unwillinge the said goods should
bee lost and miscarye, did in ?order
to that trust w:ch was reposed in him
repaire to the Governor of the Barbados
and there acquainted him with this
whole matter, who thereuppon did
issue out an order or warrant in the
nature of an administration, to this
rendent the said M:r fford and M:r
Mayne, that they might thereby
?receave the said goods out of the said ship
and make disposition thereof, and there
was also a warrant granted from the
said Governor to M:r Humfrey Kent
and M:r Richard SXXXswicke, to appreize
the said goods accordinge to theire trew
value, uppon theire oathes who (being
sworne before the said Governor or
some Justice of the Peace att the Barbados
to the effect a forsaid) did apprize
all the said goods uppon the XXX//
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//oathes att five thousand nine hundred
seaventy and eight pounds of Tobacco
and more as hee beleeveth, and the sd
M:r fford and M:r Mayne refusinge
as aforesaid to trouble themselves with
the said goods this rendent for the
- evention of the losse thereof, (haveing
not any order to ship them backe
againe for England) not conceaveing
it the best or most advantagious
way, soe to doe; hee did to the
best of his app:ehension of what might
in human probabilty produce most
benefit to the sister of the said
M:r West, to whose use the said
goods were to bee disposed, by the
order and direction of her said ceceased
brother, did sell and dispose the
said goods to M:r John XXXXX and
others att the Barbadoes for two
thousand weight of Sugar and noe more to bee
paid in Aprill followinge being
the yeare 1651. and soe as the case
then stood in the Barbados (there
being noe money to bee had for//
recto
//commodities but tobaccoes and sugars in
Truncks) this rendent beleaveth hee
should have done if the said Commodities
had bin his owne, they
being all clothes, and thinges that would
scarce goe off. And by reason of the late
troubles since arisen in the Barbadoes
little or noe debts have bin paid &
this rendent hath not receaved any
part or parcell of the proceeds of
the said goods but hath really disbursed
and Expended abuot the funerall of
the said M:r West, and other necessary
charges concerning his estate, and
there is due unto him this rendent
the severall and respective summes
in the Schedule to this rendentes
answers annexed specifyed and
conteyned , w:ch being allowed unto
him hee is ready and willinge to
assigne over the ?bills hee receaved
for the said two thousand weight
of sugar for the goods of the said
M:r West, or to deliver the same
Sugars assoone as hee shall receave
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//appointed and authorized to take the same
and otherwise hee doth not beleeve
the said position to bee trew in any
part.
To the 5:th. and 6:th. and Schedule
mentioned therein, hee answereth and
beleeveth that the said goods the
time and times arlate were worth att
the Barbados the quantity of sugars
hee sold them for to bee paid as
is befor Expressed, and noe more
and if they had bin his owne proper
goods hee could have sold them
for noe more as hee beleeveth, and
hee beleeveth hee this rendent did
deliver a pticular of Inventary of
the said goods as they were apprised
by the said Appraisors under theire
hands to the said M:rs West or M:r
William ffisher then Proctor for
her in the Prerogative Court
with a testification of theire being
sworne uppon the said appraisem:t
w:ch they the said M:rs West and
her Protcor did ever since//
recto
//detaine from him, and hee
did also soone after his first comeinge
over into England from the Barbados
about ffebruary 1651. deliver to the said
M:rs West a Patent w:ch her said brother
had for fXXXe hundred acres of land in
Antega, and a Pitt?crne accordinge to the
desire of the said M:r West, and hath in
all thinges acted and done according to the
trust reposed in him with all integrity
and fidelity as hee beleeveth and otherwise
hee doth not beleeve the said Positcons
or either of them to bee true in any
Part
To the 7:th hee answereth that hee
beleevth the said M:r West did soe
declare as arlate, and this rendent
did acquainte her therewith and was
sworne uppon the said will and hee
refereth him selfe to the records
of the said Court w:ch hee beleeveth
in that pticular to bee true.
To the 8:th. 9:th. 10:th. & ii:th. hee answereth
and beleeveth that hee hath being required to
the effecte articulate and hath refused
otherwise than in answers are
offered for XXX reasons as hee beleeveth
and that hee is complained of to this//
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//court, but without iust cause as hee
beleeveth, and otherwise saveing that
hee is a subiect of this commonwealth
and hath given baile to answer the
said suite or complaint, hee doth not
beleeve the said positions or either
of them in any part./
To the last, saveing his former
answers w:ch hee beleaveth to bee
trew. hee doth not beleave the same.
The Schedule of
duesa nd disbursementsto and by this rend:t
A winding sheet for y:e buriall of the said
deceased of Tobaco. a hundred pound of Tobaccoe
Two bottles of spiritts. sixty pounds.
of Tobacco.
The chirurgions bill fower hundred
and thirty pounds of Tobacco.
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Case: Allegation on the behalfe of Abraham Reade and Thomas Wilson: Personal answeres: Nathaniel Jesson: Date : December 3rd 1652
//3:° Decemb.
Repeated before
D:ror Exton one
of y:e Judges x:r
XX C M.
The personal answeres of Nathaniell
Jesson made to the posicons of an allegacon
given in against him, on the behalfe of
Abraham Reade, and Thomas Wilson doe
followe./
To the first pretended posicon hee answeareth
and beleeveth that uppon the .38.;th daye of
Januarie .1651. arlate, the shippe the
Golden Lyon was seized upon in the river
arlate, by this rendents companye, ?alone
in his boate, sent out to that purpose by
vertue of his commission to seize any
shipps at Virginia, tradeing contrarye to
an Act of the third of October .1650./
And otherwise for his parte hee doeth not
beleeve the said posicon, to bee true in any
parte thereof./
To the second pretensed posicon hee answeareth
and beleeveth, that the shippe the Golden
Lyon arlate, was taken upon a Tuesdaye,
being the twenty eight of Januarie, And
otherwise for his parte; hee doth not beleeve
the said posicon to bee true in any èarte
thereof./
To the third pretensed posicon hee answeareth
and beleeveth that before the foresaid seizure
of the shippe the Golden Layon, arlate this
Rendent, and the said Reade, came into Virginia
and the arlate Wilsom came about two dayes
after them, into the baye there, And
this rendent beleeveth; that the arlate Reade
(and//
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//and this rendent, haveing intelligence of the
Golden Lyons being there; they both resolved to
goe to take her, whereupon the said Reade, told
this rendent, that incase hee this Rendent
would board the said Vessell, that then hee the
said Read, would laye her Corse her ?hanyd
whereunto this Rendent replyed, that in case
hee the said Reade, would soe assist the Rendent
then and in that case, and not otherwise hee
the said Reade; should have his proportionable
parte of the said shippe, and Ladeinge when
shee was adiudged for Prize, but at the tyme
of the discourse aforesaid, The said Thomas
Wilson, was not then present, nor his shipp
in sight, And otherwise, for his parte; hee doth
not beleeve ; the aid posicon, to bee true; in
any parte thereof./
To the fourth pretensed posiccon hee answeareth
that for his parte, saveinge his foresaide
answeare, hee doeth not beleeve the said
posicon to bee true in any pte thereof./
To the first pretended posicon hee answeareth
and otherwise for his parte hee doth not
beleeve the said posicon to bee true, in any
parte therof./
To the sixth pretended posicon hee answeareth
and beleeveth, that hee accepteth the contents
of the said posicon, soe sett forth as the same
doe make for him and not otherwise, And
beleeveth that this rendents shippe and the
other two shippes arlate, did meete togeather
(on//
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//on Tuesday, about tenn of the Clocke, but this
rendent beleeveth the shippe the Golden Lyon
and ther ladeinge were surprized and taken by
this rendents Companye that day in the morninge
about eight or nyne of the Clocke, but then
unknowne to this rendent, And this rendent
beleeveth, that wednesdaye being the next
daye after, about three or foure of the clocke
in the morning, hee this rendent and the
other two shipps weighed Anchor & went
with a resolution to take and surprize the
said shippe the Golden Lyon and her Ladeinge,
but this Rendent denieth, that there was
any other or further agreement, than what
this Rendent, hath formerlye confeesed,
concerninge the takeinge of the said shippe
made betwixt this Rendent, and the arlate
Reade and Wilson, And otherwise for his
parte hee doeth not beleeve the said posicon
to bee true in any part thereof./
To the seaveth (sic) pretensed posicon hee answeareth
and accepteth the contents of the said posicon
soe farr as the same doe make for him, and
not otherwise, And beleeveth that the wynd
and tyde not serveing , the said three shipps
came to an Anchor agayne upon wednesday
about one of Clocke, and imediatlye after that
there was newes brought to this Rendent
that the Companye. sent out by him in his
boate; had surprized the said Vessell where-
upon this rendent gave notice thereof to the
said Reade and Wilson, or one of them, as
hee beleeveth, and there upon this rendent
beleeveth, the said Reade and Wilson weighted
Anchor//
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//Anchor, and went backe agayne, And this rendent
beleeveth, that from the tyme of theire casting
Anchor, on wednesday about twelve or one of
the Clocke . untill the tyme of theire weigheing
Anchor agayne: the Golden Lyon laye in sight
of the said three shipps, and the Companoes
of each shipps might see each other, And
otherwise for his parte hee doeth not beleeve
the said posicon to bee true in any parte
thereof./
To the eighth pretended posicon hee answeareth
and beleeveth; that at such tyme; as all the
ships arlate; were mett togeather. the com-
panye of the Golden Lyon, did disperse them-
selves, some aboard everie of the said shipps
viz:t; Captayne Reades, Captayne Wilsons
and this Rendents shipps, and alsoe onboard
severall other shipps, as they thought fitt,
And otherwise for his partem, hee doeth not
beleeve the said posicon to bee true in any
parte thereof;/
To the ninth pretensed posicon hee answareth
and beleeveth that the said Read & Wilson
comeinge on board the shippe the Golden Lyon
after this rendent was possessed of her
and findeinge certayne barrells of powder
in her, which they pretended they had neede
of, for theire shippes use, desired this rendent
to furnishe them with some of them for theire
shipps necessities, w:ch this rendent at their
intreaties, did furnish each of them with two
barrells, and alsoe one Holland Cheese,
(a peece//
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//a peece And otherwise for his parte hee doeth
not beleeve the said posicon to bee true in
any parte thereof.
To the tenth pretensed posicon hee answereth
that for his parte hee doeth not beleeve the
said posicon to bee true in any pte thereof./
To the .13:th pretended posicon hee answareth
that this Rendents Companye, had not
his said Commission granted to him on board the
said boate, nor any other order in
writeinge, but this rendent beleeveth they
had order. from him by word of mouth to seize
the said shippe , and were sent by him to that
purpose, And otherwise for his pte hee
doeth not beleeve the said posicon to bee true
in any parte thereof./
To the : 14.:th pretended posicon hee answeareth
and accepteth the contents, of the said posicon
and beleeveth that the tyme arlate, there
were two other shippes seized by the said
Reades and Wilsons shippes, And otherwise
for his parte hee doth not beleeve the saide
posicon to bee true in any pte thereof./
To the .15:th pretended posicon hee answeareth
that for his parte hee doeth not beleeve the
said posicon to bee true in any pte thereof:/
To y:e ii (sic) pretended posicon he answereth and
beleeveth that y:e shippe y:e Golden Lyon was
and is of the burthen of two hundred tonns
and upwards and had belongeinge to her
about 27 men which this rendent tooke
her about fifteene whereof were then on
board her but most of them in y.e said shipps
hould//
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//hould, and by y:e XXX betwixt the decks
and she had about fifteene gunns mounted
the time aforesaid, and had alsoe divers
Armes musketts and ammunition on board
her, And otherwise for his parte hee doth
not beleeve the said posicon to bee true
in any parte thereof.
To y:e 12:th prestended posicon hee
answereth and beleeveth that the boate
sent by this respondent to surprize the
shippe y:e Golden Lyon had in her ii men
of this rendents company and noe
more and this rendent beleeveth they
sid surpprize the said shippe the Golden
Lyon and her company when the
Company which were onboard her
were some in the hould and the rest
betwixt y:e decks, And other wise for
his parte he doeth not beleeve the
said posicon to bee true in any parte
thereof.
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from as they make for him & company And he XX XXXX
that in the moneth of August 1650 & not before the
said shipp was seized by the officers of the King of
Portugall, and that before the said
moneth of August 1650 the said shipp XXXX not XXXX any
seizure or restraint at all And hee also beleeveth that
at the time of the said seizure & for the space of fowre
monethes before, the said shipp, had taken on her full
lading & had all her XXXXX w:ch were formerly
taken out of her XX XXXX put on board ther & the said
Captaine Lucas might at any time with in the space of
the fowre moneths before this said seizure hath depted
from the Brazeele for Lisbon y:t he had so pleased
And otherwise he doth not beleeve the said pretended
posicon to be true in any parte thereof
To the fourth posicon of the said pretended allegacon, he
answeareth & beleeveth that about the 6:th of or 7:th of
August 1650 arlate, the said Captaine Lucas was by the
Portugalls who seized the said shipp. put out of the
possession of the said shipp, the Sampson, and a Portugall
Master & some Portugall Mariners were put on board
her & some of the said shippes company were also
put of the said shipp. & the said Captaine Lucas was kept
out of the possession of the said shipp for the space of
?seventeene monethes & XXX XXXXX & XXX XX
as he hath XXXXX. but gee beleeveth that he this Rendent
and also John Peters & Robert ?Graffeild XXXXX Rob:t
Edmund XXXXX, Richard ?Jones, Samuell XXXXX &
John Andrewes parties in this suite were not at all
put out of the said shipp but continued & XXXXX in
ther duteis, the whold XXXXXX in question. And he
saith and beleevieth that after the said seizure. the
Portugall Comander sailed with them, & trhe Sugar
arlate in the XXX the Lings Armada & the fleete
of Portugall merchante shipps for Lisbon & in her
course thither. the said shipp being Leaky & in danger
of sinking they XXXX feared to XXXX her
XX the River of Xahera. & there here goods were
put XXXX for her to be repaired, and after she was
repaired all ther goods were againe put in board
her and the said shippe was afterwards carried to
Lisbon & ther all the said shipps lading was delivered
to the severall psons to w:ch XXX the same was consigned
And he saith and referreth himselfe to his
precedent answeares made in the second posicon
of the said allegacon, which answeares
he beleeveth to be true. And otherwise he doth not
beleeve the said pretended posicon t ô be true in any
part thereof./
To the fift (sic) posicon he answereth & accepteth the rendents
XXXXX so farre as tXXX make for him & his ?cause w:ch
XXX he beleeveth that the said shipp on the 22:th of
June 1649 arlate was a strong ?firme & serviceable
shippe & soe continued untill a moneth or two before
her//
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Case: An allegacon on the behalf of Edward XXXXworth and Richard Peirse: Personal answeres: George XXXX: Date November 29th 1652
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29:° ?Novem 1652
Repeated
before doctor
Exton one of
the Judges y:r
The personall answeres of George XXXXX
bee made to the posicons of an allegacon
given against him on the behalf of Edward
XXXXworth and Richard Peirse does
followe./
To the first pretended posicon hee answereth
and accepteth the contents of the said allegacon
soe far ?such as the same doe make for him and
beleeveth the same to bee true./
To ye second and third pretended posicon hee
answereth and accepteth the contents of the said
allegation and schedule and refereth himselfe
to the said schedule or charter party arlate which is
signed and sealed by this rendent as and XXX
XXXX delivered as his act and deed as hee
beleeveth to and for the use of the said ?Nose
worthye and Pearse And otherwise for his
parte hee doeth not beleeve the said posicon
to bee true in any parte thereof./
To the fourth pretended posicon hee answereth
and beleeveth the same to bee true./
To the fifth pretended posicon hee answereth
and accepteth the course XXX of the said posicon
soe for as the same doe make before him and
otherwise and beleeveth that on or about the
time arlate the said shipp was at the ?port
arlate laden with 39 caskes of pickled XXX
and of 19 hoggs ; dryed lemmons so,e XXX
and some XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX//
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//To the seaventh pretended posicon hee
answereth and refereth himselfe to his for
-mer answeres to the XXX predent articles
and otherwise for his parte hee doeth not
beleeve the said posicon to bee true in
any parte thereof./
To the 8. pretended posicon hee answereth and
beleeveth that about the time arlate the
shipp the Hopewell came and arrived at
Billingsgate docke arlate And otherwise
for his parte hee doeth not beleeve the said
posicon to bee true in any parte thereof/
To :e 9:th pretended posicon hee answereth that
for his parte hee doeth not beleive the said
posicon to bee true in anye parte thereof.
saveinge the said shipp had XX hee the said
arlate sixe XXX abd XXXX
To the tenth pretended posicon hee answereth
that for his parte hee doeth not beleeve the
said posicon to bee true in any parte thereof
To the elleaventh pretended posicon
hee answereth and beleeveth that since the
arrivall of the shipp arlate to this porte of
London this renden hath receaved out
of the said 49 hogsheads of pickled
lemmons, and as for all the rest of the dry
lemmons were become soe rotten//
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//and spoyled by the leakines and inXXXX-
eurye of the said shipp and neglect of the
master as aforesaid that the same were XXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
To the twelveth presensed posicon hee an-
-swereth that for his parte saveinge his
former answeres hee doeth not beleeve the
said posicon to bee true in any parte thereof
To the thirteenth pretended posicon hee
answereth and refereth himselfe to his
former answres/
To the
To the
GEORGE CHAMBERXX [His signature]
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Case: Libell on the behalfe of William Thomas: Personal answeres of Thomas Perse & John Maddockes & Compans: Date: December 2nd 1652
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//2:° Decembris 1652
Repeated before
D:r Exton one
of the Judges x:r
The psonall answeres of Thomas Perse &
John Maddockes made to the Posicons
of a p:rsnsed Libell given against
them and company on the behalfe of
William Thomas as followeth viz:t
NOTES:
1643
the Charles
Bristoll
voyage to the Canary Islands
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Case: Allegation made on the behalfe of Robert Hicks and others: Personal answeres: Edward Maplesden: Date: December 10th 1652
//10. Decem:
Repeated before
Nathaniel Baron Esq
one of y.e Judges x:r.
The personall answere of Edward,
Maplesden made to the posicons of
a pretended allegacon and schedule
given and admitted ag:t him on behalfe
of Robert Hicks and others doe followe./
To the first allegacon, and schedule hee answeareth
and beleeveth, that this Rendent being imployed
by the Owners of the shipp Laurell, to hire
some seamen for a voyadge to bee made to the
Straights, did amongst others, hire the said
John Peach, Israell Powell. Robert Reynolds
& Richard Bradford to serve in the saide
shippe the voyadge arlate, And hee beleeveth
that upon theire pimse to doe theire service
in theire severall places faithfully hee this
Rendent. did pimse to see them paid there
wages, after the rate p moneth as is
mentioned in the said schedule, and that
theire sewall wages for three monetes
after the rate schedulate, doth amounte to
the sewall summes alsoe schedulate; whereof
hee hath paid to the said Israell Powell
30:s. And hee beleeveth that the said Powell
being Cookes mate in the said shippe, and
the said Reynolds being cooper of the said
Shippe, and the said Bradford being,
Carpenters mate in the said shippe; theire
was necessarie use of theire dayly service
aboard, and yett the said shippe beinge att
Smirna, and in other harboures beyond the
(Seas//
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//Seas, they the said Powell, Reynolds and
Bradford would frequentlie without this
Rendents leave, & often against his Expresse
direction, goe ashoare and absent thmselves
sometymes. 3. 4. 6. 8. 10. or mor daies att
a tyme togeather, from the said shippe to
thre great hinderance of this Rendent and
his imployers, & to the very ill example of
the shipps companye, w:ch this Rendent
is readye to make proofe of as this Court
shall order and hee beleeveth that hee hath
given to the rest of the pties schedulate
satisffaction for theire wages, & that therefore
hee is not bound (as hee beleeveth) to answeare
what summe they amounted to, And hee
humblye prayeth and hopeth, that this Court
in theire wonted Justice will not order wages
alike to those that imXXXnd their tyme and
absent themselves, from the said shippe, as
to those whoe carefully discharge theire
trust and duties./
EDWARD MAPLESDEN [His signature]//
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Case: Allegacion on the behalfe of Robert ?Coda: Personal answeres: Captain Samuell St?urton: Date: XXXX
//The personall answeres of
Captaine Samuell St?urton
made to the prded posicons
of a prded Allegacion given
and admitted against him
on the behalfe of Robert
?Coda & others as followeth
1. To the first he answereth that he
beleeveth the same to be true.
2. To the second he answereth and
beleiveth that the said shippe the//
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goe forth upon a man of warre voyage
and had a Commission from this Court
to all or most of the effects articulate
And this Rendent went out Captaine
and Commander of her and for more
certaintie referreth himselfe to the
said Commission remaynninge on the
Registrie of this Court and otherwise
doth not beleive the said prdsed
posicon to be true./
3. 4 To the third and fourth he
answereth and beleiveth that hee
this rendent did w:thin the time
arlate sett saile for the port
of London with the said shipp
uppon the said designe, and
before his goeinge out thereuppon
did agree w:th the said Corda
Bissicke and others as is
arlate, and they did with the
said shippe the Elsabeth goe forth
and seize in and take uppon the high
Seas as Prize the severall vessells
w:th their Ladeinges as is arlate
neare about the tyme arlate
and brought or sent the same to
some portes of this Common Wealth
to be proceeded against
accordinge to the Tenor of this
Rendents Commission But for
the admidication or release thereof
this Rendent referreth himself
to the Records of this Court And
otherwise he doth not beleive the
said posicons or either of them to
be true//
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//5. 6. 7. 8. To the 6. 6. 7 amd 8:th pdsed
posicons he answereth and beleiveth
that the said vessells and goodes
were or ought to be apprized by
authoritie of this Court and the
values w:th the severall apprsemts
to remaine amongst the Records of this Court to w:ch he doth
referr himself And he doth beleive
there were about the number of
140 Marriners w:th men & boyes
as is arlate, And the said Coda Bussicke and Companie
as they are sett downe in the
schedule are 42 in number
But this Rendent doth not
beleive one half of them have
given Ordder for this pdsed suite
divers of them havaige denyed
the same to this Rendent And
he beleiveth the said Marriners
of the said shipp did agree to make
division of such prizes as they
should take into 486 shares and
the shares of the pties arlate
for the number of their ?Chares
are as he beleiveth truely sett downe but for
what deductions are to be made
out of the said vessells & goods
for charges or otherwise this
rendent referreth himself to the
lawe & custome of the seas And
otherwise doth not beleive the
said pdused posicons or either of
them to be true in any part
vide for
XXXXX folio
sequitur XXX//
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Case: Allegacon on the behalfe of Captaine John Lines: Personal answeres: Thomas Millard and John Peters: November 22nd 1652
//The personall answeres of
Thomas Millard and John
Peters made to the posicons
of a pretended Allegacon
given against him. on the
behalfe of Captaine John
Lines the 22:th of November 1652 as followeth.
To the first posicon of the said
pretended allegacon they answer
and beleeve that these Rendents
and severall others of ye marriners
arlate have had and ?received from
the arlate John Lines severall
sommes of money And this
Rendent Thomas Millard had
alsoe of him a certaine quantitye
of Tobacco at a price agreed
betweene the said Captaine Lines &
the said Millard and XXXX XXXXX of
the rest of the Companie had
shoes of the said Captaine Lines
for their necessarie uses in the
voyage arlate Allw:ch severall
sommes of money tobacco & the
price agreed uppon for the same
and the said shoes are as the sd
Rendents beleeve all downe in
the shipp booke arlate And they
referr themselves to the same
And otherwise they doe not beleive
the said pretended posicon to be
true in any part
To the second posicon they answere & doe not beleeve y:e same to
be true in any part thereof
To the third posicon of the said
pretended allagacon they answere
and beleeve that?where (or when) the said
shipp laye at anchor in
Newfound Land the Bras?ells and
Lisbon the sd REndents & Company
did XXXX XXXXXX when there was//
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//noe imployment for them in the said
shipp goe on shoare uppon their
iust and Lawfull occasions, but did
not thereby as they beleeve any way
neglect the busines of the said shipp
but returned againe on board in due
time and purformed their duty thereiin
And otherwise they doe not beleeve
the said prtended posicon to be true
in anypart thereof./
To the fourth posicon of the said
pretended allegacon they answere
and beleeve that this Rendent
Thomas Millard did shipp himself
for pylott of the shipp arlate to
carry her, and that he did carry
her safe. to the Brazells and as
they beleeve the voyage arlate
And otherwise they doe not
beleeve the said pretended posicon
to be true in any part thereof.
To the last posicon they answere
and beleeve that they have herein
formerlie beleeved, and denye what
they have formerlie denyed
THOMAS MILLRD [His signature]
JOHN PETERS [His signature]
?3 Savinge that he doth beleive the said
marriners were to have their shares
after the deduction of all reasonable
necessarie charges and he beleeveth
M:r Robert Rich merchant & his Agents
had the sale and disposall of the
vessells and goodes in controversie
and they have given Accompt to him
this rendent for charges upon the
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the same amount to 1700:li 10:s ?8:d and noe
more uppon the Paules returne 169:li. 11:s
X:d abd upon the ffisher 192:li 12:s 2:d
of Lawfull money of England But this
Rendent doth beleive that both after
his hireinge and agreeinge w:th the said
Marriners and after the takinge of the
said vessells and goodes they did come
to a newe agreement w:th the said M:r
Rich and he did promise to pay them
their shares of the said vessells and
goodes and they the said Marriners
did deliver their proposalls under
their handes to him the said M:r Rich
and he the said M:r Rich did deliver to
the said Marriners a writinge under his
hand whereby he did engage himself
to pay them their said severall shares
of the said vessells and goodes and
they did accept the same and were
satisfied therewith and thereuppon
the said Rich hath not paid to him
this Rendent any thing in consideracon
of the said vessells and goodes
either for this XXXX or the marriners
shares or either of them
SAMUEL STANTON [His signature]
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Repeated before
D:r. Exton
The full and plaine answeres
of George Danes made to the
3. 4- 5- 6- 7 and 8:th
pdused posicons of a pdsed
allegacon given against him
in the names of William
Munt Alexander Eode and
Company as followeth
To the said 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. and 8:th
pdsed posicons he answereth that//
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//he this Rendent was and is impleased
this pdused suite as an Executor to
Richard Dawes deceased whoe was
duringe his life the ?M:r of the Sarah
and Susan and did make severall
voyages therew:th and had sometimes
proffitt and sometimes losse as other
masters have as this Rendent
believeth But this Rendent was
not at Sea w:th him in either or
any of the said voyages nor privye
to the pticular profitts or losses
therein made or susteyned neither
did hee soo or knowe in what condicon
the said shipp was when shee
was lost, the same beinge taken
by the Irish in fight and the
Master slayne in the defence
of her And this Rendent did
not see her before hee goinge
forth nor hath any thinhe to lead
or convince him in the severall
pticulers more than that he hath heards
and doth beleeve the said shipp
with her Tackle and gunnes cost
about 500:li in the yeare 1646.
and soe being taken about 1648
w:ch was about twoe yeares
after the same was or
might be worth about the some
of 400:li or 450:li, and not above as he beleeveth And he hath
heard and beleeveth the saide
shippe had in the said voyage//
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